He's not even a world level fighter, loses to anyone at world level. His best win is either a past it Zab Judah or Senchenko which was actually a close fight til it was stopped.
This is pathetic, how long has Postol been waiting for a shot at this 'so called' champion? Surely he must stripped of any recognition.
Hes a 2 weight world champion and wasnt out of the top 10 and 140/147 for almost a decade. Thats a world level fighter.
Will they be showing Paulie vs. Porter on a loop leading up to the fight? Or maybe Garcia-Khan followed by Paulie vs. Khan? Had does getting destroyed and beaten into retirement qualify you for a title shot? Are they tired of paying him as an announcer and they're trying to beat him so bad he can't do that anymore, either? What a terrible matchup. Truly awful.
2 weight world champion for beating Lovemore Ndou, Herman Ngoudjo, Cano and Senchenko, hardly that impressive. He's only rated so highly because he talks a good game so people buy into what he's saying. Maybe fringe top 10 when he was in his prime.
If this is at 147 then that's the only good news about it. I'd prefer he take on Paulie at 147 as a tuneup rather than say Thurman or Maidana.
He was ranked #2 at LWW when he fought Hatton. He was a legitinate top 10 fighter at LWW/WW for the better part of a decade